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Alphabet's Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people who thought they were doing their browsing privately.US district judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, put a scheduled February 5, 2024 trial in the proposed class action on hold on Thursday, after lawyers for Google and for consumers said they had reached a preliminary settlement.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Senior…

Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion lawsuit brought by claimants who accused to web giant of privacy invasion by tracking their online activities despite being in “incognito mode” when using the company’s Chrome browser. After lawyers announced on Thursday that they’d reached a preliminary agreement, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers put a scheduled trial for the case in California on hold, Reuters reported. The class action lawsuit was filed in 2o2o and involved “millions” of Google users since June…

Micron Technology Inc. has settled a high-profile intellectual property theft lawsuit with a key, state-backed Chinese rival amid the US company’s efforts to mend ties with Beijing. Micron said it has reached a global settlement agreement with Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. “The two companies will each globally dismiss their complaints against the other party and end all lawsuits between them,” a Micron spokeswoman said in an email, declining to provide further details. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value…

Nearly a year after an L.A. judge dismissed Jeff Franklin’s lawsuit over his Fuller House firing, he has voluntarily dismissed his appeal and reached a deal with Bryan Behar to also resolve their dispute over attorney’s fees. Franklin in April 2019 sued Behar alleging the showrunner orchestrated his ouster. He had been removed from Fuller House in February 2018 amid complaints about his behavior, but he claimed Behar fabricated and twisted information and gave it to the media and Warner Bros. to get…

Google‘s parent company, Alphabet Inc., is will pay $700 million to settle antitrust claims related to the dominance of its Google Play store in the Android mobile applications market. This settlement resolves legal complaints brought by attorneys general from about three dozen states and consumers. A federal court in California consolidated the lawsuits and posed a significant threat to Google’s revenue generated through the sale and distribution of apps on the Google Play platform. The settlement, disclosed in a court…

Activision Blizzard has settled its ongoing sexual harassment lawsuit with The California Civil Rights Department for $54million (£42million). The lawsuit was filed in June 2021, following a two-year investigation. The suit claimed that women at Activision Blizzard were paid less than men in the same role and promoted more slowly. A “frat boy workplace culture” reportedly led to women being “subject to numerous sexual comments and advances, groping and unwanted physical touching, and other forms of harassment.” Female…

A California regulator has settled its blockbuster lawsuit that alleged a culture of sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard. Now under the ownership of Microsoft, the gaming company will pay about $54 million as part of the settlement, according to a press release from California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD). The CRD (formerly known as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing or DFEH) filed this lawsuit in July 2021, alleging that Activision Blizzard had a “frat boy” culture where women were subject to sexual…

Celebrity real estate agent Mauricio Umansky will not face a civil trial for allegedly violating his duties as a broker in the sale of a prominent Malibu hilltop mansion that he flipped for nearly $70 million.Real estate investor Sam Hakim and his agent dropped their consolidated Superior Court lawsuits this month against Umansky, his development partner Mauricio Oberfeld and other defendants. The legal action accused the two men of conspiring to buy the mansion in 2016 for $32.5 million — despite an alleged higher offer…

The tech world is waiting with bated breath for the results from the final negotiations in Brussels regarding the EU’s landmark AI Act. The discussions that commenced at 14:00 CET on Wednesday failed to reach a conclusion before the end of the day. However, negotiators did reportedly reach a compromise for the control of generative AI systems, such as ChatGPT.  According to sources familiar with the talks, they will now continue on the topic of the controversial use of AI for biometric…

Frontier Airlines will settle a federal lawsuit filed by five pilots who accused the Denver-based airline of discriminating against them during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. Through the settlement, Frontier will allow pilots to pump breastmilk in the cockpit during noncritical phases of a flight and will update or comply with existing policies that impact pregnant and lactating employees. It is one of the first airlines to allow pilots to pump during flights, according to a Monday news release from the American Civil…